read how in 1978 varosha was offered with no strings attached and it was refused. i know the lunatics had taken over the assylum long before then.
https://cyprus-mail.com/2016/10/21/will-hellenism-see-blunders/?hilite=%22November%22%2C%2214%22%2C%221922%22%2C%22Revolutionary%22%2C%22Court%22%2C%22martial%22%2C%22set%22%2C%22up%22%2C%22Athens%22&fbclid=IwAR1O4fN9wpwazj2AVAHO4lNUxs1s3V_gHk2QCGf1epP4oeUEIgii7iEHUHY